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Sunday, January 24, 2010

My new project: The Flower Shop

My witch's cottage was to be priority number One, but for various reasons I have taken on another project, which hopefully won't take too long to finish. Since I have already made a lot of plants and flowers I decided that this building could house them and so the Flower Shop came into being........

The basic project, a base and wall with window, was meant to be an inside/outside club project, but some of us wanted a bit more and we have added whatever we wanted. In my case the bay window and a door on the right and an attic. The original building with add-ons like the attic had a flight of stairs inside, but then I wouldn't have been able to have a door, so I decided that my attic is only going to be a kind of storage place which can be reached by a ladder. I am also going to try and fix lights and since I wanted to learn a bit more about woodworking I am trying to build a lot myself and try out different techniques as I am going. I have no fixed plan yet (as usual.......) so the end result is going to be a surprise for me too!

I have forgotten to take pictures from the beginning, but will try to keep up now.

We have been supplied with the base and the walls to start off with. People who wanted to add a bay window received the walls, roof for the bay window and kits to put the windows together themselves.

The brown messy stuff is liquid nails. So much easier to use than woud glue, but as you can see, quite messy. However, after a few hours drying it can easily be cleaned up with the help of a sharp chisel.

When the door has been done I am going to put the dormer together and fix the side wall. Update with pictures will follow. Soon, if I get enough time this week. Till then.

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